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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9351

25 January 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/taxation
Commission to launch legislative initiative to increase minimum levels of excise duty on commercial diesel in mid-February

Brussels, 24/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Addressing the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee on Tuesday 23 January, László Kovács, the European taxation commissioner, said that the Commission planned shortly to adopt a proposal amending the directive on the taxation of energy products in order to include special measures for commercial diesel. He said that “an initiative was needed in this area to reduce the competition distortions which exist in the road...

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